Photos from the Cosmodrome
A collection of photos from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, including the Buran shuttle from the Russian space program that never flew. Only mildly disappointed that the outside doesn’t look like Destiny.
Asides
Snowflakes growing
https://vimeo.com/87342468 Sometimes I wish it snowed here so I could see what these things look like up close, and then I remember I hate the cold. Snowflakes are still pretty cool, though.
Antarctica, from the air
Antartica, in a unique way you’d never have the chance to see from the air: https://vimeo.com/124858722 The beauty of nature is truly astonishing.
Lego Car!
A 256 cylinder car that runs on air? Naturally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ObE4_nMCjE More info here.
Our Pluto
The New Horizons space probe is about to reach Pluto to take high resolution photos of the surface, and there’s a public vote page to select a list of names for the features on its surface. Fantastic effort and should be interesting, but I’d just point out the time at which New Horizons was launched, Pluto was still a planet. STILL A PLANET, GENTLEMEN!